Dong Tam case: Two defendants were sentenced to death



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29 defendants are from Dong Tam commune at the trial – Photo: GIANG LONG

After more than a week of trial and deliberation, this afternoon (September 14), the Hanoi People’s Court delivered a verdict on 29 defendants in a gas filling case that killed 3 policemen in Dong Tam commune. . My district of Duc.

Heartbreaking consequences

The Panel commented that the procedure, the investigative agency and the prosecution in the investigation and prosecution process had properly implemented the regulations and authority. The defendants did not appeal the related proceedings in court.

The defense lawyer for the defendant Works presented the Hanoi Police to investigate, affecting the objectivity of the case, the Panel concluded that it was a case that occurred in Hanoi related to the crime of “murder, against the executor.” public service “must be investigated by the Hanoi police in accordance with the regulations.

In court, the defendants admitted the crime, testimony consistent with testimony at the investigative agency, and other evidence.

The panel sentenced 29 defendants – Video: LIST

According to the verdict, since 2013 in Dong Tam commune, Mr. Le Dinh Kinh and some people formed a consensus team to attract many people to participate in lawsuits, they defamed the government to steal the land and made many arrests. disarrange.

The defendants Le Dinh Cong, Nguyen Viet Hieu, Nguyen Van Tuyen, Le Dinh Chuc, Le Dinh Doanh, Nguyen Quoc Tien play the leading roles in the group charged with murder.

The defendants repeatedly held video conferences calling for protests, claiming that if the police force returned to Dong Tam, they would kill between 300 and 500 people.

Defendants Cong and Nguyen Quoc Tien discussed buying grenades, buying a large amount of gasoline to make 85 bottles of gasoline bombs, many iron pipes, bricks to oppose the functional forces.

On the morning of January 9, when the police moved to the town of Hoanh to protect the target as planned, the defendants beat and fired flares. The defendants also used bricks and gasoline bombs to throw the police force.

The task force repeatedly played over loudspeakers calling on the defendants to stop their acts of protest, but the defendants continued to drop gasoline bombs.

Defendant Function used an iron tube attached to a knife to stab 3 policemen in the well. The function continues to use the picker type to pick up the knife in the hole. Danh and Doanh poured gasoline into the sink and then left the well, they continued to pour another 3-5 times of gasoline into the well, killing 3 soldiers.

The Panel indicated that the defendant Cong was one of the persons who caused the deaths of three soldiers, thus playing the most important role. In court, although the defendant shows repentance, but still need to apply the greatest punishment is expulsion from society.

The defendant Le Dinh Chuc directly used an iron pipe attached to a knife to stab the police soldiers who fell into the well and with Doanh to burn gasoline. Three soldiers died extremely in mourning, demonstrating the defendant’s decency in committing crimes.

The behavior of the accused is the direct cause of the death of 3 soldiers, for which it is necessary to apply the greatest punishment, which is removal from society.

19 people were guilty of crimes

The verdict also found that defendant Le Dinh Doanh directly threw bricks and stones at functional forces, and defendant Chuc poured gasoline into the burning container and pushed it into the hole. Joint is one of the people who directly caused the extraction of 3 soldiers. The defendant has a bad relative, was tried 3 times for other crimes but did not eat food but continued to commit the crime with a more serious nature.

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The trial panel will give a decision to 29 defendants in the Dong Tam case – Photo: GIANG LONG

The Panel said that the sentence should be applied to remove the defendant Doanh from society, but found that his father and uncle were sentenced to death, in court the defendant sincerely admitted the crime, for which imprisonment was necessary forever. to ensure general preventive deterrence. The court sent the defendant to life imprisonment.

The accused Nguyen Viet Hieu, by committing the crime, is an elderly person, not directly causing the death of 3 soldiers, so the punishment can be considered partially mitigated.

The behavior of the defendants Cong, Chuc, Doanh, Understanding, Tuyen, Tien has all the factors that constitute the crime of “murder”. The prosecution prosecutes defendants for murder with the circumstances of the murder of 2 or more people, murder in public service, organized crime is based.

For the remaining 19 people in the pool of murder defendants, the Panel said they were lured by Mr. Kinh, Cong and Hieu to participate in a lawsuit that promised to divide the Dong Senh land, so they joined the team. consensus to oppose force. functional quantity.

Some defendants came together to buy gasoline, make gas pumps, dust, contribute 33 million dong to buy grenades and transport them to Mr. Kinh’s home. Most of the accused were present at Mr. Kinh’s home on the night of January 8 for a meeting to discuss how to protest.

The Court determined that the defendants were all simple peasants, without understanding of the law, for which they were manipulated by Mr. Kinh, Cong and Hieu. They did not directly commit acts that led to the death of 3 victims.

The defendants also admitted their criminal acts repentant, did not participate with the title, and poured gasoline to kill 3 soldiers, in court they sincerely apologized to the families of 3 military policemen.

The Panel agrees with the prosecution to change the crime with them from “murder” to “anti-public service enforcer.”

The uncle suggested returning additional research records

The verdict also indicated that the lawyer said that the root cause of the case was that the government did not thoroughly handle the long-standing demand for land. However, the case documents and reality show that the Dong Senh land is the defense land for the construction of the Mieu Mon Airport. So the court does not accept this opinion of the lawyer.

Regarding the lawyer’s opinion that the investigating agency has not clarified the cause of death of the 3 soldiers, according to the Panel, the examiners have shown that the cause of death is due to the asphyxia of the whole body. The accused officer, Doanh, and several other defendants in court testified when they heard the sound of the person falling into the well, poured gasoline into the pot, and then pushed it into the well and poured more gasoline 3-5 times.

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The defendant Bui Viet Hieu (77 years old), the oldest of the 29 defendants in court – Photo: GIANG LONG

The Panel said that there was sufficient reason to confirm that the deaths of 3 victims were caused by the behavior of the defendants and did not accept the lawyer’s previous argument.

The Panel also stated that the element of public service performance of the police force is very clear, thus the attorney’s opinion that the attorney has proposed to return additional investigative files is not endorsed.

Regarding the opinion that the defendants were forced to question, the investigation was recorded by recording when questioning in accordance with the regulations. At the trial, before lawyers and press agencies, the defendants admitted the criminal acts and apologized to the families of 3 soldiers.

Therefore, the Panel also believes that the lawyer’s opinion on the obligation to notify the accused is incorrect and therefore does not accept this opinion.

On the basis of the above facts, the Group sentenced the group of accused of “murder”: Le Dinh Cong to death, Le Dinh Chuc to the death penalty and Le Dinh Doanh to life imprisonment.

The accused Bui Viet Hieu were sentenced to 16 years in prison, Nguyen Quoc Tien to 13 years in prison and Nguyen Van Tuyen to 12 years.

The group of 19 defendants who were changed from “murder” to “executor against public service” were sentenced to a maximum sentence of 6 years in prison, the lowest sentence of 18 months for a suspended sentence.

Four defendants were charged with “executor of public service” charges: Le Dinh Hien, Nguyen Viet Tien, Nguyen Thi Dung and Tran Thi Phuong were all sentenced to 15 months in prison for suspended sentences.

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